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SIGNED BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT, WITH A
STRONG MESSAGE.
[HONKING]
ADAM: AS MTA BUSES ROLL BY --
[CHEERING]
ADAM -- MOURNERS HOPE TO START A
NEW BALTIMORE TRADITION.
[HONKING]
ADAM: THE MTA DRIVER AND MOTHER
OF FOUR WAS ONE OF 6 KILLED IN
TUESDAY'S CATASTROPHIC CRASH,
WHEN AN OUT-OF-CONTROL SCHOOL
BUS SLAMMED INTO THE NUMBER 10.
>> EBONEE WAS A SWEET PERSON,
YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THIS WOULD
HAPPEN TO HER.
ADAM: LARRY ROSS AND LATONA
FAULKNER WERE BAKER'S LIFELONG
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.
>> YOU KISS YOUR BABIES GOODBYE,
GO TO WORK, AND YOU DON'T COME
BACK. THAT'S THE MOST TRAGI
PART.
>> I'M GONNA MISS HER.
I'M GONNA MISS HER A LOT.
ADAM: EBONEE BAKER'S FATHER SAYS
HIS DAUGHTER LIVED FOR HER KIDS,
PROUD THEY WERE ON THE HONOR
ROLL
>> HER LITTLE SON KEEPS SAYING,
"YOU GONNA PICK MOMMY UP?"
HE'S THE 5-YEAR-OLD ONE.
"YOU GONNA PICK MOMMY UP, YOU
GONNA PICK MOMMY UP?
I JUST, I JUST HURT FOR THAT
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW.
ADAM: BAKER WAS THE YOUNGEST
AMONG THE VICTIMS, WHICH
INCLUDED THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER,
GLENN CHAPPELL, AND 4 MTA
PASSENGERS -- CHERRY
YARBOROUGH, TERANCE CASEY,
GERALD HOLLOWAY, AND ANOTHER
WOMEN RIDING TO WORK.
>> PASS THE LOVE AROUND.
PASS THE LOVE AROUND.
ADAM: WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S VIGIL AT
THE SCENE OF THE CRASH WAS SO
LARGE, POLICE HAD TO SHUT DOWN
FREDERICK AVENUE.
HUNDREDS OF MTA WORKERS LIT
CANDLES, PAYING THEIR RESPECTS
THE IMPACT HAPPENED JUST LIKE
THAT.
IT'S LIKE DISBELIEF FOR
EVERYBODY.
I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.
ADAM: THE CROWD PROCLAIMING,
"RELEASE EBONEE," WHILE HOLDING
TO THEIR LOV
THIS IS AFFECTING SO MANY PEOPLE
THE MTA HAD GRIEF COUNSELORS AT
, THE VIGIL TONIGHT.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM A FRIEND
OF PASSENGER KILLED, GERALD
HOLLOWAY.
HE WORKED AT A SENIOR CA
CENTER.
ONE OF HIS COWORKERS STOPPED BY
TO TELL ME HE WAS FANTASTIC WITH
THE PATIENT'S AND MANY OF THE

Baker was the youngest among the victims, which included the school bus driver Glenn Chappell, and four MTA passengers; Cherry Yarborough, Terance Casey, Gerald Holloway and another woman riding to work.

Wednesday night’s vigil at the scene of the crash was so large that police had to shut down Frederick Avenue. Hundreds of MTA workers lit candles and paid their respects.

"The impact just happen just like that. It was just disbelief for everybody. I couldn’t even wrap my head around it," MTA worker Tyelbsha Starks said.

The incident affect so many that the MTA had grief counselors at the work and at the vigil.

WBAL-TV 11 News also heard from Holloway’s coworker who said he worked at a senior care center said many of the elderly people there are sad to lose his friendship.